timo
Responses from timo
| True Fully Balanced Amplifiers Ayre V-3. | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? My oldest piece of gear is a Nakamichi LX-5 3-head stereo cassette deck circa 1982. And Antmo, I too had a Pioneer TX-9500II stereo tuner which my parents now have and still use. It is a great sounding tuner. | |
| Comments on PS Audio Cables Your last statement says it all! | |
| Cables - Where to begin? A good source for "trying before buying" cables is The Cable Company (www.fatwyre.com). They sell both new and used cables as well as lending them out for trial. | |
| Opinions on Electrocompaniet Amps I heard the new EC amps in Chicago and frankly, was not impressed with them. They sounded too analytical and amusical for my taste. IMO, I believe the other brands in your list above are substantially better sounding. | |
| What bugs you most about sound quality? Yes, compression is a BIG problem in recording. Also, cymbal sounds coming out of one or both loudspeakers instead of between them where the drumkit is generally located. I hate that--makes the music sound fake and not real and life-like. Is that ... | |
| does high end system need expensive speaker cable NO. Expensive doesn't always mean better. | |
| biamping.. better long ICs or Speaker Cables? I have long ICs and short spkr. cables. My ICs are 6 meters each and spkr. cables are 6 ft. each. I have no problems with RF or EMI and no problems with too much capacitance or resistance. YMMV. | |
| Has VPI quit supporting the HW series turntable ? Whew! Thanks Pmotz. My blood pressure just went down 50 points. | |
| Has VPI quit supporting the HW series turntable ? I sure as hell hope not! I have an HW-19 Mk. III and am not planning on buying a new table anytime soon. | |
| Revel Studio, Legacy Whispers, B&W N802 Legacy Whispers sound best in my opinion. Revel Studio is nice but not worth the price and B&W, to me, always sounded on the dry side. My 2 cents. | |
| amp upgrade Both of the pieces you are interested in have been reviewed on-line or by one of the Stereo rags. I would go to each's Website and see if they have any links to reviews. Also, and the best method, is to audition them both and decide with your own ... | |
| Toslink vs. Coax Coax has been consistently voted as being the better of the two connections. To my ears coax is much better sounding than Toslink. | |
| Pre amp for Parasound 2200 II Stick with your PLD-2000. I don't think you can necessarily better it within your price range. | |
| Can speakers be too good? too good is better and too better is best. |